4163 lines
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4163 lines
82 KiB
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{
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"wriggled":{
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"to make jerky or restless movements":{
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"examples":[
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"a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddled",
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"fidgeted",
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"jerked",
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"jigged",
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"jiggled",
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"squiggled",
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"squirmed",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"tossed",
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"twisted",
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"twitched",
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"wiggled",
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"writhed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flitted",
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"fluttered",
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"twittered",
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"quaked",
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"quivered",
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"shivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"trembled",
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"paced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relaxed",
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"rested",
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"unwound",
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"calmed (down)",
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"stilled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
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"examples":[
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"a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellied",
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"crawled",
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"crept",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled",
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"slid",
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"slithered",
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"snaked",
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"wormed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crouched",
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"squatted",
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"edged",
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"inched",
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"nosed",
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"skulked",
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"sneaked",
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"snuck",
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"stole",
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"tiptoed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
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"examples":[
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"within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"infiltrated",
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"insinuated",
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"slipped",
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"sneaked",
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"snuck",
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"worked in",
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"wormed",
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"wound",
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"winded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crept",
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"edged",
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"wiggled",
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"inserted",
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"interpolated",
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"interposed",
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"introduced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wring (out)":{
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"as in dry , drain":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dehydrate",
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"desiccate",
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"dry",
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"parch",
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"sear",
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"drain",
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"empty",
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"void",
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"dehumidify"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drench",
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"drown",
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"impregnate",
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"macerate",
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"saturate",
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"soak",
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"sodden",
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"sop",
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"souse",
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"steep",
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"waterlog",
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"water-soak",
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"marinate",
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"seethe"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wrings":{
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"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"exacts",
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"extorts",
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"wrests"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bleeds",
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"fleeces",
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"gouges",
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"milks",
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"skins",
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"squeezes",
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"cheats",
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"racketeers",
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"swindles",
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"coerces",
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"compels",
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"forces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to get with great difficulty":{
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"examples":[
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"after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ekes (out)",
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"scrapes (up or together)",
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"scrounges",
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"squeezes",
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"wrests"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquires",
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"attains",
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"draws",
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"earns",
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"gains",
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"lands",
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"obtains",
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"procures",
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"secures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm so mad I could wring your neck"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"twists",
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"wrenches",
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"wrests"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"draws",
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"dredges (up)",
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"extracts",
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"jerks",
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"lugs",
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"plucks",
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"pulls",
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"tugs",
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"tweaks",
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"yanks",
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"jimmies",
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"levers",
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"pries",
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"budges",
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"dislocates",
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"displaces",
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"disturbs",
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"removes",
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"shifts",
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"transfers",
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"transposes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to draw out by force or with effort":{
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"examples":[
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"willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corkscrews",
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"extracts",
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"pries",
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"prizes",
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"pulls",
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"roots (out)",
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"tears (out)",
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"uproots",
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"wrests",
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"yanks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mines",
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"plucks",
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"removes",
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"takes (out)",
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"withdraws"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"implants",
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"inserts",
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"installs",
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"instills",
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"crams",
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"jams",
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"rams",
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"stuffs",
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"wedges"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"write up":{
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"a written description or review of something":{
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"examples":[
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"There's a write-up of the restaurant in the paper."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ink",
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"testimonial",
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"ballyhoo",
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"hype",
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"publicity",
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"puffery",
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"column",
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"commentary",
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"editorial",
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"feature",
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"report",
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"review",
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"story",
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"article",
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"composition",
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"dispatch",
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"essay",
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"paper",
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"theme",
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"ad",
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"advertisement",
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"commercial",
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"message",
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"plug",
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"promotion",
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"spot",
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"word",
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"pronouncement",
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"publication",
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"release"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in write , describe":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"describe",
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"write",
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"broadcast",
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"circulate",
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"disseminate",
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"publish",
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"sound off",
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"speak out",
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"speak up",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"declare",
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"enounce",
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"enunciate",
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"proclaim",
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"say",
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"chime in",
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"air",
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"expound",
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"express",
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"give",
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"look",
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"raise",
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"sound",
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"state",
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"vent",
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"ventilate",
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"voice",
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"communicate",
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"convey",
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"put across",
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"put over",
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"offer",
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"submit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifle",
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"suppress",
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"censor",
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"restrain",
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"restrict"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"write-up":{
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"a written description or review of something":{
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"examples":[
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"There's a write-up of the restaurant in the paper."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ink",
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"testimonial",
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"ballyhoo",
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"hype",
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"publicity",
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"puffery",
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"column",
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"commentary",
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"editorial",
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"feature",
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"report",
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"review",
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"story",
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"article",
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"composition",
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"dispatch",
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"essay",
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"paper",
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"theme",
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"ad",
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"advertisement",
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"commercial",
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"message",
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"plug",
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"promotion",
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"spot",
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"word",
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"pronouncement",
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"publication",
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"release"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in write , describe":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"describe",
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"write",
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"broadcast",
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"circulate",
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"disseminate",
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"publish",
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"sound off",
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"speak out",
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"speak up",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"declare",
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"enounce",
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"enunciate",
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"proclaim",
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"say",
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"chime in",
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"air",
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"expound",
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"express",
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"give",
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"look",
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"raise",
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"sound",
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"state",
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"vent",
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"ventilate",
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"voice",
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"communicate",
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"convey",
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"put across",
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"put over",
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"offer",
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"submit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifle",
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"suppress",
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"censor",
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"restrain",
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"restrict"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"writes off":{
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"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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"examples":[
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"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bad-mouths",
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"belittles",
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"cries down",
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"decries",
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"denigrates",
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"deprecates",
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"depreciates",
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"derogates",
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"diminishes",
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"discounts",
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"dismisses",
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"disparages",
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"disses",
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"kisses off",
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"minimizes",
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"plays down",
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"poor-mouths",
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"puts down",
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"runs down",
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"talks down",
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"trashes",
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"trash-talks",
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"vilipends"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discommends",
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"abuses",
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"scolds",
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"disapproves (of)",
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"dislikes",
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"censures",
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"condemns",
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"criticizes",
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"denounces",
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"reprehends",
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"reprobates",
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"asperses",
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"defames",
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"maligns",
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"rips",
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"slanders",
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"slurs",
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"traduces",
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"vilifies",
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"discredits",
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"disgraces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approves",
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"countenances",
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"endorses",
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"indorses",
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"favors",
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"recommends",
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"sanctions",
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"commends",
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"compliments",
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"eulogizes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acclaims",
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"applauds",
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"exalts",
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"extols",
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"extolls",
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"glorifies",
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"lauds",
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"magnifies",
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"praises"
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]
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},
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"to diminish the price or value of":{
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"examples":[
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"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attenuates",
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"breaks",
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"cheapens",
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"depreciates",
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"depresses",
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"devaluates",
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"devalues",
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"downgrades",
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"lowers",
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"marks down",
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"reduces",
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"sinks",
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"writes down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"debases",
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"demonetizes",
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"underestimates",
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"underprices",
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"underrates",
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"undervalues",
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"abridges",
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"compresses",
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"contracts",
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"de-escalates",
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"deflates",
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"downsizes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"moderates",
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"shrinks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bloats",
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"blows up",
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"inflates",
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"overestimates",
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"overprices",
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"overrates",
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"overvalues",
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"adds",
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"aggrandizes",
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"amplifies",
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"augments",
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"balloons",
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"boosts",
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"compounds",
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"dilates",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"extends",
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"heightens",
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"increases",
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"maximizes",
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"multiplies",
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"raises",
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"swells",
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"ups"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"appreciates",
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"enhances",
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"marks up",
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"upgrades"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"writes up":{
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"as in writes , describes":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"describes",
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"writes",
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"broadcasts",
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"circulates",
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"disseminates",
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"publishes",
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"sounds off",
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"speaks out",
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"speaks up",
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"advertises",
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"announces",
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"declares",
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"enounces",
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"enunciates",
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"proclaims",
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"says",
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"chimes in",
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"airs",
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"expounds",
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"expresses",
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"gives",
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"looks",
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"raises",
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"sounds",
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"states",
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"ventilates",
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"vents",
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"voices",
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"communicates",
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"conveys",
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"puts across",
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"puts over",
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"offers",
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"submits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifles",
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"suppresses",
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"censors",
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"restrains",
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"restricts"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
|
"writing off":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
"vilipending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"devaluating",
|
|
"devaluing",
|
|
"downgrading",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"marking down",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"writing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demonetizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underpricing",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overpricing",
|
|
"overrating",
|
|
"overvaluing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"marking up",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wriggle":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slither",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"worm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"worm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrinkling":{
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"rumpling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"doubling",
|
|
"folding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkling",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugating",
|
|
"creasing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"pleating",
|
|
"puckering",
|
|
"rucking",
|
|
"crisping",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"furrowing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"ironing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"uncrumpling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wriggly":{
|
|
"making jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a while, the little girl got wriggly and had to be taken outside to the church vestibule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"squirmy",
|
|
"twitchy",
|
|
"wiggly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"twittery",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write off":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denigrate",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"derogate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"kiss off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talk down",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
"vilipend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"write down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demonetize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underprice",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overprice",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing down":{
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company forced to write down its assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"devaluating",
|
|
"devaluing",
|
|
"downgrading",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"marking down",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demonetizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underpricing",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overpricing",
|
|
"overrating",
|
|
"overvaluing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"marking up",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"write down what you remember about that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"logging",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"setting down",
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"minuting",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"enregistering",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"chalking (up)",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write down":{
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company forced to write down its assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"devaluate",
|
|
"devalue",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"mark down",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demonetize",
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underprice",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overprice",
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"mark up",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"write down what you remember about that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jot (down)",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"enregister",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"chalk (up)",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writhing":{
|
|
"as in twitching , fidgeting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"writhing in pain from his injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing":{
|
|
"as in document":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"bordereau",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"jotting",
|
|
"memo",
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
"notation",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"scribbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"typewriting",
|
|
"typing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"penciling (in)",
|
|
"pencilling (in)",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you'll write while you're away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corresponding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"intercommunicating",
|
|
"airmailing",
|
|
"e-mailing",
|
|
"telegraphing",
|
|
"mailing",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wringing":{
|
|
"a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a firm wringing of the shoe got it off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"displacement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"racketeering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eking (out)",
|
|
"scraping (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounging",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"wresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so mad I could wring your neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"jimmying",
|
|
"levering",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (out)",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writes":{
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"scribbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewrites",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"pencils (in)",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you'll write while you're away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corresponds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"intercommunicates",
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"e-mails",
|
|
"telegraphs",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wringing (out)":{
|
|
"as in drying , draining":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrinkles":{
|
|
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman's face creased into wrinkles as she smiled",
|
|
"the curtains cascaded onto the floor in ripples and wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"furrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugations",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"tucks",
|
|
"crow's-feet",
|
|
"crow's feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the latest wrinkle in digital photography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gizmos",
|
|
"gismos",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"reduplications",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"replications",
|
|
"reproductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"rumples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugates",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"rucks",
|
|
"crisps",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"uncrumples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing up":{
|
|
"as in writing , describing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writs":{
|
|
"as in warrants , capiases":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capiases",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"subpoenas",
|
|
"summonses",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in instruments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"blanks",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"filings",
|
|
"sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writhed":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"platted",
|
|
"pleached",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"writhing in pain from his injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fidgeted",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"squiggled",
|
|
"squirmed",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"paced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writ":{
|
|
"as in warrant , capias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capias",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"subpoena",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"sheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write-ins":{
|
|
"as in absentee ballots , secret ballots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absentee ballots",
|
|
"Australian ballots",
|
|
"secret ballots",
|
|
"short ballots",
|
|
"tickets",
|
|
"referenda",
|
|
"referendums",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets",
|
|
"ayes",
|
|
"yeas",
|
|
"ballots",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrights":{
|
|
"as in smiths , mechanics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanics",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"shapers",
|
|
"smiths",
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"technicians",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"consiglieri",
|
|
"consiglieres",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"craftspeople",
|
|
"craftswomen",
|
|
"journeymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrinkle":{
|
|
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old woman's face creased into wrinkles as she smiled",
|
|
"the curtains cascaded onto the floor in ripples and wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"furrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugation",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"seam",
|
|
"tuck",
|
|
"crow's-foot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the latest wrinkle in digital photography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"rumple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scrunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugate",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"ruck",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen",
|
|
"uncrumple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written":{
|
|
"as in paper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"formal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nuncupative",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"unwritten",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"viva voce",
|
|
"word-of-mouth",
|
|
"consensual",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"verbalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scribbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drawn up",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"rewritten",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"typed",
|
|
"typewritten",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"taken down",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you'll write while you're away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corresponded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"intercommunicated",
|
|
"airmailed",
|
|
"e-mailed",
|
|
"telegraphed",
|
|
"mailed",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writhes":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"intertwists",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"inweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"pleaches",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"writhing in pain from his injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write":{
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scribble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewrite",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"transcribe",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"pencil (in)",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in an exchange of written messages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you'll write while you're away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspond"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"intercommunicate",
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
"telegraph",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writings":{
|
|
"as in documents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"bordereaux",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"memorials",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"jottings",
|
|
"memorandums",
|
|
"memoranda",
|
|
"memos",
|
|
"notations",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writers":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who is still trying to get published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wriggling":{
|
|
"as in fidgeting , squirming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness",
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slithering",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"worming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"working in",
|
|
"worming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrings (out)":{
|
|
"as in dries , drains":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wright":{
|
|
"as in smith , mechanic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"shaper",
|
|
"smith",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"technician",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"consigliere",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"craftsperson",
|
|
"craftswoman",
|
|
"journeyman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wring":{
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get with great difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eke (out)",
|
|
"scrape (up or together)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so mad I could wring your neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"jimmy",
|
|
"lever",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (out)",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written up":{
|
|
"as in written , described":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"described",
|
|
"written",
|
|
"writ",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoken out",
|
|
"spoken up",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write-ups":{
|
|
"a written description or review of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's a write-up of the restaurant in the paper."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"publicities",
|
|
"pufferies",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"editorials",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"publications",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wriggles":{
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"paces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slithers",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"works in",
|
|
"worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"write-in":{
|
|
"as in absentee ballot , secret ballot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absentee ballot",
|
|
"Australian ballot",
|
|
"secret ballot",
|
|
"short ballot",
|
|
"ticket",
|
|
"referendum",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"ballot",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writer":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who is still trying to get published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"blogger",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wrinkled":{
|
|
"as in disheveled , rumpled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"slobbish",
|
|
"slobby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"crinkled",
|
|
"furrowed",
|
|
"rumpled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"doubled",
|
|
"folded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crinkled",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugated",
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"pleated",
|
|
"puckered",
|
|
"rucked",
|
|
"crisped",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"furrowed",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"ironed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened",
|
|
"uncrumpled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written off":{
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"denigrated",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"derogated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"kissed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"poor-mouthed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"talked down",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"trash-talked",
|
|
"vilipended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"devaluated",
|
|
"devalued",
|
|
"downgraded",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"marked down",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"written down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"demonetized",
|
|
"underestimated",
|
|
"underpriced",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"shrunken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"overestimated",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"overrated",
|
|
"overvalued",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"marked up",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writhe":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"pleach",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"writhing in pain from his injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fidget",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"squiggle",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"written down":{
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company forced to write down its assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"devaluated",
|
|
"devalued",
|
|
"downgraded",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"marked down",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"sunk",
|
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"written off"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"debased",
|
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"demonetized",
|
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"underestimated",
|
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"underpriced",
|
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"underrated",
|
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"undervalued",
|
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"abridged",
|
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"compressed",
|
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"contracted",
|
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"de-escalated",
|
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"deflated",
|
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"downsized",
|
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"dwindled",
|
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"lessened",
|
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"moderated",
|
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"shrunk",
|
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"shrunken"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"bloated",
|
|
"blown up",
|
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"inflated",
|
|
"overestimated",
|
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"overpriced",
|
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"overrated",
|
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"overvalued",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
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"augmented",
|
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"ballooned",
|
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"boosted",
|
|
"compounded",
|
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"dilated",
|
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"enlarged",
|
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"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
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"raised",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"swollen",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"marked up",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"write down what you remember about that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"taken down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicled",
|
|
"minuted",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"enregistered",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"chalked (up)",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"scored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"writes down":{
|
|
"to diminish the price or value of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company forced to write down its assets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"devaluates",
|
|
"devalues",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"marks down",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"demonetizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"underprices",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"overestimates",
|
|
"overprices",
|
|
"overrates",
|
|
"overvalues",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"marks up",
|
|
"upgrades"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"write down what you remember about that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jots (down)",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"sets down",
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"enregisters",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"chalks (up)",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"scores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |